View Single Post
Unknown008's Avatar
Unknown008 Posts: 8,147, Reputation: 3745
Uber Member
 
#2

Oct 19, 2010, 01:16 AM
Let p represent the number of bags of plums and k represent the number of bags of kiwis.

The plums are sold in bags which cost $2 each. So, price of all the bags of plums is given by

So, 2p

The kiwis are sold in bags which cost $5 each. So, price of all the bags of kiwis is given by

So, 5k

Together, they amount up to:

2p + 5k = 2516

Now, there are 7 times the number of bags of kiwis more than the number of bags of plums.

So, we have:

K = 6p

Use simultaneous equations to solve for k and p.

Since you have the number of bags and you know how many fruits there are in each bag, can you work out the total number of fruits sold?
Helpful